PL - Planet Labs PBC
Planet Labs PBC is dedicated to the creation, deployment, and management of extensive satellite constellations. Its core mission is to provide frequent, worldwide geospatial data, which customers can access through a specialized online platform. The company's offerings include a proprietary, cloud-native technological solution, branded as "Open Geospatial Consortium," that meticulously processes and unifies imagery for temporal analysis and advanced data integration.
As of Aug 14, 2026: spot at $24.62, ATM IV 99.4%, max pain $26.00, net GEX $2.1M.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Market Cap
- $8.16B
- Beta
- 2.12
- 52-Week Range
- 6.1-51.76
- CEO
- William Spencer Marshall
- Employees
- 973
- IPO Date
- Apr 26, 2021
- Exchange
- NYSE
What PL Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 41.7% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($2.1M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.003) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The PL overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked PL overview questions
- What is PL?
- PL is the ticker symbol for Planet Labs PBC, a listed security. Planet Labs PBC is dedicated to the creation, deployment, and management of extensive satellite constellations. Its core mission is to provide frequent, worldwide geospatial data, which customers can access through a specialized online platform. Listed on NYSE. PL is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the PL options snapshot look like today?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, the PL options snapshot shows spot at $24.62, ATM IV 99.4%, IV rank 41.7%, max pain $26.00, net GEX $2.1M, expected move 28.50%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are PL's key statistics?
- Planet Labs PBC (PL) carries a market capitalization of $8.16B, beta of 2.12 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 6.1-51.76. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does PL belong to?
- Planet Labs PBC operates in the Industrials sector, in the Aerospace & Defense industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare PL's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the PL data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Aug 14, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).